EASY FISHING. A cold session on the canal. 

This was not an easy session! Using a take apart whip with a soft elastic gave me much better control in less than perfect conditions with a safety buffer should I hook a better fish. I hope one day to find a cheap tele/take apart whip that I can recommend as they offer great versatility and my Daiwa whip has a hollow top as well as a flicktip giving me a very lightweight short pole and a whip. If you fish places like the narrow Fen drains, or canals, or rivers and stillwaters this is a beautiful tool to use! So as usual the canal gave me some fish when the rivers are closed and as it warms up it will get much better. On another note I’m the competition is closing and tomorrow I will announce the winner. Bill

Very relaxing, Chilling out by the water in a scenic area watching kingfishers fly by while doing a bit of fishing. Catching fish that's a bonus

Simple and inexpensive 'easy fishing' superb Bill

Bill, you're my fave fishing chan on RU-vid. You show it warts and all, no fancy stuff, just simple tips and sessions for beginners to learn from. Any chance of some more tips or reviews, really like those.

U are simply the best!

Nice video Bill enjoy your fishing I’m sure you do, if I had more time on my hands I would do the same, nice canal and you got a good result. Thanks for sharing 👍🇬🇧

You're a good man Bill. Cheered me up that has. Stay safe.

It’s always good to get outdoors. Good to see you Bill. Tight lines to all.

Nice session, Bill. Glad you managed to get out and enjoy yourself. Best wishes to you and your wife.

Nice one Bill, great advice from your doctor re: the Corona virus :)

Great video as always. Glad to see you bank side, take care Bill. Thank you again!

Love your online content Bill I always look forward to it. Not fished now for almost two months but plan on starting a tench campain. Like you say "You can’t catch Coronovirus outside fishing!" and so long as folk leave you alone when fishing I can't think of a better way to spend my time. Ill health always has a habit of interevening in my plans but fingers crossed my next hospital visit will give the all clear for another 6 months of uninterupted fishing.

Hi Bill.. I am a Fisher of Men.. During my youth I went fishing to S.Ireland with 1 of my Teachers 2 times.. I realy enjoy your Easy Fishing. Just think what those fish will be like to swim with in Heaven.. John 3:16-18.. May The Lord Jesus Bless you and your Family.

Well done Bill. Keeping us sane as can be with all this madness we've got at the moment. Just the job to watch with a coffee. Try and stay safe and healthy.

Enjoyed that Bill some peace and calm , thankfully the cv cant stop us fishing.

Love it Bill... that's what it's all about! 🎣😉👍

Great video! I can't believe how many you caught in a couple of hours. I'll be trying that squashed pinkie trick tomorrow.

Hard start but canals do offer good sport this time of year when rivers are closed. Keep up the great work!

A nice session there Bill over a hundred fish thats great and on the canal. I was catching a lot of Gudgeon at a commercial last week, and some were a good stamp. Theres a canal near me, the Coventry canal which i'm keen to dip a line or two in. Theres a great looking spot where theres some reeds and an overhanging tree on the far bank that are about within my pole range (still on the Drennan Red Range 11m) and i saw some fish topping there..has to be worth a good few fish and probably some decent ones too maybe some nice sized Carp or Tench. Anyway tight lines and look forward o the next one...and never forget that pinch of pinkies lol

Cheers Bill best fishing show bye far I also suffer with ill health but love my fishing thanks bill

Another great video Bill keep them coming you are a great British ikon the new John Wilson

Hi Bill, great to see you fishing. Here in Brittany just as the rain stopped and the canal started to stop charging through they bought on this lockdown, no going out Anywhere! Unless it's to work etc, grrrrrr. Keep on fishing mate, all the best, Mick.

you're lucky, we French people are fined 135 Euros if we leave our house Thank you very much for this video in my opinion I am not the only French to watch you. Good luck and good fishing see you soon Alain

Nice one bill glad to see you out and keeping us lot from going insaine look after yourself and tight lines mate

Thank you again for sharing bill

Nice little session Bill could hear the birds singing roll on summer

Quality as always .. Still catch more than me ... am begining to think am not gonna catch anything . Was at Loch Striven yesterday .. Nothing but snags n seaweed

I was noticing the pretty song the bird was singing when you pointed it out and some beautiful colors on the fins of that one fish, have to take it all in. Normally I don’t like watching a person fishing I would rather be doing it but Easy Fishing could be called Enjoyable Fishing, love it!

What a great video......

ill hopefully be trying out some of your tips and tricks this summer :) mostly been lure and baitfishing with different bait and after different species, but i want to get more into catching Roach and such :)

Hi Bill, I've had a few sessions on the canal of late and although tough going, they have been very enjoyable, but like your good self I've had to ring the changes to get a few fish. I noticed you had plenty of company in the way of geese, ducks and song birds. I'm glad you mentioned Billy Man in, I also learnt a lot about canals from him. Incidentally, the gudgeon has been making a comeback in the canals I fish this past 2 - 3 years, as a young match angler I became quite a gudgeon expert mainly catching them from right down the inside ledge, but prior to about 3 years ago they had all but disappeared. P.s. there was also an angler from the same period as Billy Makin called Billy Allen, who they nicknamed "the canal king" i think he used to fish with a centerpin, a relation of yours maybe? Tight lines Bill.

Well done Bill you trooper

Not a bad day considering 👍

Add a no.10 shot midway between pole and float as that sinks the line and you can still control your float when it's windy. Also use washing up liquid to de-grease your line so as it will sink below the surface.

Hi Bill, I hope your well. Just wanted to say i hope you can get the supplies you need at home. I can't believe the Greed and Selfishness going on in UK. I am Ex Army and always shared with my pals for many years. It dismays me to see what is going on in the Shops here. Society is very broken. People are going Mad here in Fife. Fighting in the Supermarkets and emptying Supermarkets like Animals. How Horrible people have become. My Very Best Bill, Steve in Fife.

Nice video mate try sinking your line and use a waggler i went lure fishing on my local canal yesterday bill using small crankbaits had a great day 3 pike 9 perch best perch 2LB 3oz best pike 11LB 9oz i always use a sinking line on the whip wagglers are deadly on the whip bill tightlines mate ALIEN

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Great to see a gudgeon bill , on the Grand union canal at great linford mk where I am no gudgeon at all used to catch loads don't know what happened to them

Do you think we'll get away with fishing as the one trip out for exercise during the lock down :-) As a lure angler on the canal I do walk and fish, walk and fish. So I suppose it is exercise, but with a rod in my hand. And as I generally go a sunrise, there's no many people around at this time anyway

I finally went to my local commercial first time this year! And caught three small carp and a tench unfortunately it was Baltic ! I had to pack in after a couple of hours when I started to shiver despite layers of clothes like onion !at 73 and with arthritis will go into my self confinement for a bit ! AndGet rid of the diy jobs lol

Great video as always Bill..never seen this stretch of the cut,is it the same one you always use in your videos?

Hi Bill Browning pit bull take apart whips are available on Amazon at £30 for a 4 metre one plus top two are elasticated

Remember to keep passers-by at rods length. Stay safe

Fishing under doctors orders...good call thanks for posting.

Another example of getting to know one's local canal

I live in the Paris region, marked Indianatil in google click on image and you would have an overview of my fishing in the Paris region Take good care of you soon Alain

a good days fishing . do the canals not have a close season ?

If gudgeon ran to a few pounds in weight, they'd be the most hard fighting fish in the UK. I bought some lightweight scales after coming across a few clunkers in a 170 gudgeon haul.

Isn’t the UK on lockdown? Remember to practice social distancing...be safe

Thought that stretch had a big fish kill a couple of years ago Bill

Helo bill could u recommend a go pro for filming please not to expensive thanks CH.

cracking fish is right bill. most of them are!! Northern indiana usa

What canal are you on

1st

Total boring